29 October 2020 Navy Personnel, Pay System Upgrade Provides New Capabilities for Sailors Sailors will soon see new capabilities in the Navy Personnel and Pay System, according to NAVADMIN 291/20, released Oct. 29...
29 October 2020 Secretary of Defense Visits Naval Support Activity Bahrain During his first visit to Bahrain as Secretary of Defense, Dr. Mark T. Esper toured facilities and met with personnel on board U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Oct. 28...
28 October 2020 Navy Junior ROTC Units Contend With New Normal in New School Year; Naval Science Instructors Meet New Challenges Navy Junior ROTC and Navy National Defense Cadet Corps units are facing new “normals” as they returned to school this fall. More than 80,000 cadets and more than 1,000 Naval Science Instructors have had to adapt to the new challenges in a continuing COVID-19 environment...
28 October 2020 Fighting Fire with Commitment: Navy Reserve Detachment Serves 17th Year as Navy Aerial Firefighting SME In the Navy, with mission sets that include inherent fire danger, it’s essential that all Sailors are prepared to fight fires that may threaten equipment and personnel. Sailors across the fleet are trained in firefighting, regardless of their primary job function. When that inherent fire danger is...
28 October 2020 Seal Beach Again Picked as Best Small Navy Installation in Southwest Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach has again been selected as the winner of the Commander, Navy Region Southwest Installation Excellence Award for Small Installations, as announced Oct. 27...
28 October 2020 Navy Executives, Scientists Receive Presidential Rank Awards for High-Impact Achievements Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Gregory J. Slavonic recently recognized 13 Senior Executive Service members and two Senior Professionals from the Department of the Navy who received Presidential Rank Awards...
27 October 2020 Researchers at Naval Postgraduate School Lead Experimental Satellite Project With Allies The Naval Postgraduate School will lead a project that aims to streamline space technology among the 'five eyes' allies, with experimental satellite payloads planned for launch by 2022...
27 October 2020 Destroyer Squadron 60 Spearheads VTC Use for Mental Health, Maintaining Readiness for Sailors at Sea The Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 60 Embedded Mental Health team recently collaborated with Naval Hospital Rota and USS Porter (DDG 78) to launch a secure video teleconferencing pilot program that provided mental health support to Sailors while the ship is underway...
27 October 2020 Destroyer Squadron 9 Conducts Change of Command in Arabian Gulf Capt. Elaine A. Collins, of Shoreline Washington, relieved Capt. Todd E. Whalen, a Virginia Beach, Virginia, native, as commander of Destroyer Squadron 9 during an Oct. 27 change-of-command ceremony aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Arabian Gulf...
27 October 2020 US Seabee Divers Complete Infrastructure Assessment of Tinian Harbor In the middle of the Pacific lies an island surrounded with crystal-clear water, rich with military history. A small team of U.S. Navy Seabee underwater construction divers deployed from Task Force 75 completed a maritime infrastructure assessment (MIA) of the Port of Tinian, Oct. 13...